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  "name": "TiDB Serverless",
  "slug": "tidb-serverless",
  "pricingModel": "freemium",
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      {
        "name": "TiDB Cloud Starter",
        "price": "$0/month",
        "features": [
          "Fully-managed cloud DBaaS for applications with variable workloads",
          "Available on AWS and Alibaba Cloud",
          "25 GiB of row storage",
          "25 GiB of column storage",
          "250M Request Units (RUs) for free per month for each organization",
          "$0.20 per additional GiB of storage",
          "$0.10 per additional 1M RUs",
          "Pay only for the storage and capacity you use",
          "Set spend limits",
          "Scale down to zero"
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      {
        "name": "TiDB Cloud Essential",
        "price": "Usage-based",
        "features": [
          "Fully-managed cloud DBaaS for production workloads that need performance, security, and scale",
          "Provisioned compute with autoscaling up to 100K Request Units",
          "Point-in-time backup and up to 30-day retention",
          "Encrypted in transit and at rest",
          "99.99% availability with multi-zone protection",
          "Usage-based pricing with predictable costs",
          "Typical small prod: ≈$20 / day"
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        "priceMonthly": null
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      {
        "name": "TiDB Cloud Dedicated",
        "price": "Starts from $0.22/hr",
        "features": [
          "Fully-managed cloud DBaaS for applications with predictable traffic and advanced requirements",
          "Available on AWS, Google Cloud and Azure",
          "4 vCPU to 32 vCPU per node available",
          "PCI-DSS and SOC 2 Type II compliant",
          "Starts from $1376 / month"
        ],
        "isPopular": false,
        "priceMonthly": 1376
      },
      {
        "name": "TiDB Self-Managed",
        "price": "Pricing upon request",
        "features": [
          "Self-managed database for applications with advanced configuration requirements",
          "Runs on nearly any infrastructure or cloud provider",
          "Deploy on infrastructure of choice, across multiple cloud platforms (public or private), on-prem data centers, or hybrid environments",
          "Highly compatible with Kubernetes; integrations available with Apache Spark, Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, and others"
        ],
        "isPopular": false,
        "priceMonthly": null
      },
      {
        "name": "TiDB Community",
        "price": "Free",
        "features": [
          "The most advanced, open-source, distributed SQL database with core capabilities"
        ],
        "isPopular": false,
        "priceMonthly": 0
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    ],
    "currency": "USD",
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    "billingCycles": [
      "monthly",
      "hourly"
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  "pricesByRegion": null,
  "verdict": "TiDB Serverless offers a very generous free tier with 25 GiB storage and 250M RUs, making it highly accessible for new projects and small applications. The Essential tier's 'typical small prod: ≈$20 / day' suggests a reasonable entry point for production, while Dedicated starts at a significant $1376/month. This pricing is fair, offering options from free to enterprise-grade, catering well to a wide range of users from hobbyists to large enterprises.",
  "bestFor": "Developers and startups | Real-time data applications | MySQL-compatible workloads",
  "hiddenCosts": [
    "Overage fees for storage/RUs on Starter"
  ],
  "recentChanges": [],
  "priceHistory": [],
  "partnerLink": false,
  "provenance": {
    "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-10-24",
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.pingcap.com/pricing",
    "confidence": "high"
  },
  "source": "Toolradar",
  "citation": "Toolradar, verified 2026-10-24, https://toolradar.com/tools/tidb-serverless/pricing",
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  "toolradarUrl": "https://toolradar.com/tools/tidb-serverless/pricing"
}